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CONTAGIOUS OR INFECTIOUS DISEASES

See also BACTERIA; DISEASES

Acanthamoeba, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

AIDS, see ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME (AIDS)

Airborne infectious agents or biological toxins, weapons of mass destruction, Minn. Statutes 2022 609.712

Amebiasis, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Animal diseases, see ANIMAL DISEASES

Anthrax, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Anthrax, see ANTHRAX

Arboviral diseases, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Avian influenza, Minn. Rules 1721.0350

Babesiosis, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Bakery personnel, restrictions, Minn. Rules 1550.1520, 1550.1530

Balamuthia, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Barbers, barber schools, and barbershops, serving persons afflicted with contagious or infectious disease, Minn. Statutes 2022 154.25

Blastomycosis, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Bloodborne diseases, generally, see BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS

Bloodborne diseases

Definitions, Dentistry Board, Minn. Rules 3100.0100

Generally, see BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS

Hepatitis B virus (HBV), Minn. Rules 3100.0100, 4604.0800

HIV, see HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV)

Boards of health, duties, Minn. Rules 4735.0120

Botulism, weapons of mass destruction, Minn. Statutes 2022 609.712

Botulism

Clostridum botulinum, TCS foods defined as supporting, Minn. Rules 4626.0020

Defined as foodborne disease outbreak, food code, Minn. Rules 4626.0020

Reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Brucellosis, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Campylobacteriosis, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE), reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Carriers, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7060, 4605.7100

Carriers

Health directives, service on, Minn. Statutes 2022 144.4172

Health threats to others

Cost of care, Minn. Statutes 2022 144.4185

Court records, disclosure, protective orders, Minn. Statutes 2022 144.4186

Defined, Minn. Statutes 2022 144.4172

Emergency hold, see Health threats to others under HEALTH DEPARTMENT

Tuberculosis, Minn. Statutes 2022 144.4802

Human services data, disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2022 13.46

Noncompliant behavior, lawsuits, Minn. Statutes 2022 144.4173, 2022 144.4174

Cat scratch disease, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Chancroid

Health education, Minn. Rules 4605.7800

Reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040, 4605.7700

Chickenpox, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Chikungunya virus, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Child care centers, Minn. Rules 9503.0005 to 9503.0170

Chlamydia trachomatis, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Cholera, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Clinical materials

Defined, Minn. Rules 4605.7000

Submission modifications, Minn. Rules 4605.7041

Coccidiomycosis, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Communicable diseases, disclosure, foster care placements, Minn. Statutes 2022 245A.156

Confirmed disease outbreaks, defined, Minn. Rules 4626.0020

Contact notification program, contact data, use as evidence, Minn. Statutes 2022 144.4184

Control, see Prevention and control under this topic

Convicted persons, treatment, rulemaking, limitations, Minn. Statutes 2022 144.12

COVID-19, see COVID-19

Cronobacter sakazakii, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Cryptosporidiosis, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Cyclosporiasis, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Data, public health data, classification, Minn. Statutes 2022 13.3805

Deadly infectious diseases, business practices facilitating, regulation, Minn. Statutes 2022 145A.06

Definitions, food code, Minn. Rules 4626.0020

Definitions

Acupuncture practitioners, Minn. Statutes 2022 147B.01

Health threat procedures, Minn. Statutes 2022 144.4172

Occupational Safety and Health Act, Minn. Statutes 2022 182.651

Dengue virus infection, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Diphtheria, Minn. Statutes 2022 121A.15, 2022 135A.14

Diphtheria

Child care and elementary schools, Minn. Rules 4604.0430

Grades 7 through 12, Minn. Rules 4604.1010

Reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Diphyllobothrium latum, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Disclosure, communicable diseases, foster care placements, Minn. Statutes 2022 245A.156

Disease data collection, Minn. Rules 4735.0110

Diseased food workers, Minn. Statutes 2022 31.171

Drug resistance, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7050

E. coli, see ENTERIC ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION

Ebola virus, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Ehrlichiosis, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Emergencies

Public health response contingency account, Minn. Statutes 2022 144.4199

Vaccination, mass dispensing, Minn. Statutes 2022 144.4198, 2022 151.37

Employees, discrimination, Minn. Statutes 2022 144.4196

Employees

Fish processing establishments, Minn. Rules 1545.3120

Slaughter houses, Minn. Rules 1545.2010

Encephalitis, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Enteric escherichia coli infection, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Epidemics

Open Meeting Law, Minn. Statutes 2022 13D.021

Pandemics, Minn. Statutes 2022 245A.04

Prisons, transfer of prisoners from correctional facilities, Minn. Statutes 2022 243.57

Public health response contingency account, Minn. Statutes 2022 144.4199

School districts, pupil counts, effect on, Minn. Statutes 2022 126C.05

Equine encephalitis, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Executive Council, powers, Minn. Statutes 2022 9.061

Exposing person, Minn. Statutes 2022 145.36

Federal regulations, incorporation by reference, dental offices, infection control, Minn. Rules 3100.6300

Food and beverage service establishments

Foodborne disease prevention, Minn. Rules 4626.0030 to 4626.0050

Notice requirements, Minn. Rules 4626.1795

Foodborne diseases

Botulism, see Botulism under this topic

Contagious or infectious diseases, Minn. Rules 4626.0030 to 4626.0050

Salmonella, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Gastrointestinal illnesses, food employees, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4626.0040

Giardiasis, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Gonorrhea, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Haemophilus influenza type B, child care and school enrollment, vaccination, Minn. Statutes 2022 121A.15

Haemophilus influenza type B, vaccination, school and child care enrollment, Minn. Rules 4604.0500

Haemophilus influenzae, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Hantavirus infection, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

HBV, see HEPATITIS

Health commissioner, agreements with local boards, Minn. Rules 4735.0110

Hemolytic uremic syndrome, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Hepatitis, see HEPATITIS

Histoplasmosis, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

HIV, see HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV)

Hospitals, Minn. Statutes 2022 144.12, 2022 145A.07

Hotels, summer hotels, prevention and control, Minn. Statutes 2022 144.12

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), infection, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Industrial solid waste land disposal facilities, unacceptable deposits, infectious waste, Minn. Rules 7035.1700

Infection control

Definitions, Dentistry Board, Minn. Rules 3100.0100

Dental offices, Minn. Rules 3100.6300

Infectious waste, see INFECTIOUS WASTE

Influenza

Haemophilus influenza type B, Minn. Statutes 2022 121A.15

Pandemics, public health response contingency account, Minn. Statutes 2022 144.4199

Vaccine, administering, Minn. Statutes 2022 150A.055, 2022 151.01

Influenza

Avian influenza, Minn. Rules 1721.0360

Reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Investigations

Community health boards, Minn. Statutes 2022 145A.06, 2022 145A.07

Home care service, exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2022 144A.43

Isolation, Minn. Statutes 2022 144.419, 2022 144.4195, 2022 144.4196

Jails, Minn. Rules 2911.3700, 2911.7000

Jamestown Canyon virus, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Jaundice, food employees, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4626.0040

Juvenile detention centers, see JUVENILE DETENTION CENTERS

Kawasaki disease, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Kingella species, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Knowing transfer

Criminal penalties, Minn. Statutes 2022 609.2232, 2022 609.2241

Defenses, Minn. Statutes 2022 609.2241

LaCrosse encephalitis, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Lassa fever, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Lawsuits, carriers, noncompliant behavior, Minn. Statutes 2022 144.4173, 2022 144.4174

Legionellosis, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Leprosy, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Leptospirosis, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Liability, cost of treatment, persons under control of community health boards, Minn. Statutes 2022 145A.08

Listeriosis, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Lyme disease, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Lyme disease, treatment, coverage, Minn. Statutes 2022 62A.265

Malaria, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Measles, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Measles, Minn. Statutes 2022 121A.15, 2022 135A.14

Meningitis, postsecondary schools, notice to students, Minn. Statutes 2022 135A.14

Meningococca, disease, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Minn. Statutes 2022 144.585

Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Mumps, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Mumps, Minn. Statutes 2022 121A.15, 2022 135A.14

Municipal lockups, procedures, Minn. Rules 2945.5460, 2945.5470

Naegleria fowleri, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Neonatal sepsis, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Nursing homes, see NURSING HOMES

Occupational diseases, see OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES AND ILLNESSES

Ophthalmia neonatorum, Minn. Rules 4605.7900

Orthopox virus, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Persons with

Cold storage warehouse employees, Minn. Rules 1550.2250

Food salvage establishment employees, restrictions, Minn. Rules 1550.2800

Slaughter houses, employment prohibited, Minn. Rules 1540.0860

Pertussis, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Plague, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Plague, weapons of mass destruction, Minn. Statutes 2022 609.712

Pneumococcal vaccine, Minn. Statutes 2022 151.01

Polio, Minn. Statutes 2022 121A.15

Polio

Poliomyelitis, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Vaccination requirements, child care programs or schools, Minn. Rules 4604.0420

Powassan virus, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Prevention and control

Community health boards, Minn. Statutes 2022 145A.04, 2022 145A.06, 2022 145A.07

Costs, persons under community health board control, Minn. Statutes 2022 145A.08

Defined, Minn. Statutes 2022 147B.01

Drugs and medicine, Minn. Statutes 2022 144.4197, 2022 144.4198, 2022 151.37, 2022 256B.0625

Health Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2022 151.37

Home care providers, Minn. Statutes 2022 144A.4798

Home care service, exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2022 144A.43

Hospitals, Minn. Statutes 2022 144.585

Isolation, bioterrorism, Minn. Statutes 2022 144.419, 2022 144.4195

Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Minn. Statutes 2022 144.585

Personal care assistance provider agencies, Minn. Statutes 2022 256B.0659

Quarantine, see same under this topic

Summer hotels, Minn. Statutes 2022 144.12

Prevention and control

Hospices, Minn. Rules 4664.0470

Minnesota sexual psychopathic personality treatment center, staff training, Minn. Rules 9515.3070

Prisoners, epidemics, transfers from correctional facilities, Minn. Statutes 2022 243.57

Psittacosis, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Public health emergencies and hazards

Notification, Minn. Rules 4735.0110, 4735.0120

Student loan forbearance, Minn. Rules 4850.0017

Public health response contingency account, Minn. Statutes 2022 144.4199

Public rallies, Minn. Statutes 2022 144.12, 2022 145A.07

Q fever, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Quarantine

Common carriers, Health Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2022 144.14

Employees, discrimination, Minn. Statutes 2022 144.4196

National security or peacetime emergencies, Minn. Statutes 2022 12.39

Procedure, Minn. Statutes 2022 144.419, 2022 144.4195

Public health response contingency fund, Minn. Statutes 2022 144.4199

Rulemaking, generally, Minn. Statutes 2022 144.12

Rabies, see RABIES

Reporting, investigating, and controlling

Acquired outside the state, Minn. Rules 4605.7060

Application of rules, Minn. Rules 4605.7020

Child care facilities, Minn. Rules 4605.7070

Children's camps, Minn. Rules 4605.7070

Definitions, Minn. Rules 4605.7000

Disease reports, distribution, Minn. Rules 4605.7300

Enumeration of disease type, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Generally, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Health boards, Minn. Rules 4605.7100

Health care facilities, Minn. Rules 4605.7030

Health care practitioner, Minn. Rules 4605.7030

Health Department, Minn. Rules 4605.7100

Hospices, Minn. Rules 4664.0480

Hospitals, Minn. Rules 4605.7030

Infection preventionist, designation, Minn. Rules 4605.7030

Information required, Minn. Rules 4605.7090

Investigations by commissioner, Minn. Rules 4605.7500

Isolation, Minn. Rules 4605.7400

Jails, Minn. Rules 2911.3700

Medical laboratories, Minn. Rules 4605.7030

New diseases and syndromes, Minn. Rules 4605.7080

Noncompliance, Minn. Rules 4605.7400

Prevention, Minn. Rules 4605.7400

Purpose of rules, Minn. Rules 4605.7010

Schools, Minn. Rules 4605.7070

Statewide summary information, Minn. Rules 4605.7200

Suspected cases, Minn. Rules 4605.7050

Tuberculosis, special requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7075

Unexplained deaths, reporting, Minn. Rules 4605.7050

Unusual case incidence, Minn. Rules 4605.7050

Veterinarians, Minn. Rules 4605.7030

Reports about

Community health boards, duties, Minn. Statutes 2022 145A.04, 2022 145A.07

Food workers, Minn. Statutes 2022 31.171

Research, see EPIDEMIOLOGY

Resorts, Minn. Statutes 2022 144.12, 2022 145A.07

Retrovirus infections, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Rubella, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Salmonellosis

Reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Salmonella species

Food service employees or applicants, reporting requirements and work restrictions, Minn. Rules 4626.0040, 4626.0045

TCS foods defined as supporting, Minn. Rules 4626.0020

Salvage food establishments, employees, prohibited, Minn. Rules 1550.2800

Sappinia, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

SARS, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Sentinel surveillance

Definitions, Minn. Rules 4605.7000

Generally, Minn. Rules 4605.7046

Severe acute respiratory syndrome, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Sexually transmitted diseases, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040, 4605.7700

Sexually transmitted diseases, see SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES

Shigella species, see SHIGELLOSIS

Shingles, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Smallpox, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Smallpox, see SMALLPOX

Spotted fever rickettsiosis, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

St. Louis encephalitis, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Staphylococcus aureus, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Staphylococcus infections, methicillin-resistant, Minn. Statutes 2022 144.585

Streptococcal disease, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Supervised living facilities, reportable diseases, Minn. Rules 4665.4000, 4665.9900

Syphilis, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Teachers, discharge, suspension, or leaves of absence, Minn. Statutes 2022 122A.40, 2022 122A.41

Testing

Home care service, exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2022 144A.43

Laboratory costs, Minn. Statutes 2022 144.123

Public health response contingency fund, Minn. Statutes 2022 144.4199

Tetanus, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Tetanus, vaccination, Minn. Statutes 2022 121A.15, 2022 135A.14

Tourist camps, Minn. Statutes 2022 144.12, 2022 145A.07

Toxic shock syndrome, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Toxoplasmosis, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Transmission

Bedding, secondhand materials, Minn. Statutes 2022 325F.30, 2022 325F.31

Bulk food dispensers, rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2022 31.874

Knowing transfer, Minn. Statutes 2022 609.2232, 2022 609.2241

Treatment, see Prevention and control under this topic

Trichinosis, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Tuberculosis, see TUBERCULOSIS

Tularemia, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Tularemia, weapons of mass destruction, Minn. Statutes 2022 609.712

Typhus, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Vaccination, see VACCINATION

Varicella, reporting, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Variola, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Veterinarians, guidelines regarding, Minn. Rules 9100.0200

Vibrio species, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Water haulers, Minn. Rules 4720.4200

West Nile virus, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Wildlife exhibits

Facilities and operating standards, Minn. Rules 6244.2700

Generally, Minn. Rules 6244.2800

Yellow fever, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Yersiniosis, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Zika virus, awareness, testing, surveillance, Minn. Statutes 2022 144.945

Zika, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040

Zoster, reporting requirements, Minn. Rules 4605.7040